[x] I have been living under a rock and had no idea what "jumping the shark" meant until I Googled it.
XKCD's quality has possibly passed its peak: it got steadily better as its confidence and sense of style bedded in, but has since been slightly samey some of the time.
However, gradually running out of fresh ideas isn't the same thing as trying to be sensationalist or veering way from the original format.
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Date: 2008-08-25 02:35 pm (UTC)XKCD's quality has possibly passed its peak: it got steadily better as its confidence and sense of style bedded in, but has since been slightly samey some of the time.
However, gradually running out of fresh ideas isn't the same thing as trying to be sensationalist or veering way from the original format.